tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post6351096362608761089..comments2011-09-10T11:49:50.521+10:00Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-19385863460008236192011-09-10T11:49:50.521+10:002011-09-10T11:49:50.521+10:00I stumbled on your site and what a blesing as I am moving more and more away from all these horrid foods that have &#39;who knows what&#39; in them.<br /><br />Ginger fresh can also be preserved indefinitely in another way.<br />Peel ginger and cut into the sizes you often use for your recipes.<br />Place into a clean sterilised jar with a good sealing lid.<br />Pour over any sherry dry or sweet, I usually buy the cheapest in a flagon.<br />Fill to brim and seal the jar.<br />Place in the fridge and use after one month.<br />As the ginger becomes less, remove the older pieces, add new and put the older back in with extra sherry.<br />The ginger is ideal for any recipe that also uses sherry, and also the sherry itself is ideal for stir fries.<br /><br />Some months down the track, you will discover sediment in the bottomof the jar from the ginger, carefully remove the ginger and pour off most of the sherry into another fresh sterilised jar, and top up with more ginger and sherry.<br />I have some that are 2 years or more old, and they don&#39;t go off if the sherry is kept to the top of the jar.<br />Mest best Regards<br />BarbaraCheyenneDreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06324584248271817022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-54988405182701285762009-07-12T20:29:19.027+10:002009-07-12T20:29:19.027+10:00Hey, Julie! Just wanted to let you know I got a hunk of ginger into a 5-gallon bucket of dirt yesterday. I hope that&#39;s all it takes. I&#39;m not the greatest with root crops. But I do love to have ginger around, and it&#39;s not exactly a local crop here. So if I can grow it myself, I&#39;ll be thrilled. I&#39;m planning on bringing it in since it&#39;s not hardy in my zone, but I&#39;ll keep in mind what you say about it dying back in winter, so that I don&#39;t despair if it does that. <br /><br />Thanks for the inspiration for another experiment!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-32410945235986165802009-07-10T16:48:05.283+10:002009-07-10T16:48:05.283+10:00Hi Chris,<br />I will :-)<br /><br />Hi Kate,<br />It&#39;s worth trying IMHO. It dies back in winter anyway, so you&#39;d only need it in a warmer, frost free position in early spring and early autumn?<br /><br />Hi Margaret,<br />Yes, pull it all up when the leaves start to die back, then remove the leaves and stalks. Some will be bigger than others, but that&#39;s OK. Enjoy!<br /><br />Cheers, JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-84983300922955346502009-07-10T07:59:45.994+10:002009-07-10T07:59:45.994+10:00I have ginger growing, but I was never sure when or how to harvest it. Do I pull it all up? Or only the biggest shoots? I am not sure. I am envious of your turmeric though!Margaret @ Konstant Kaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767582964487650597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-54480917926237880602009-07-09T21:53:03.716+10:002009-07-09T21:53:03.716+10:00Wow, that&#39;s an awesome harvest! I&#39;m going to try growing some in a bucket, since I will almost certainly need to bring it indoors over the winter. But perhaps I could suss out a tiny microclimate in my yard a bit warmer than the rest where it would survive. <br /><br />I love your outdoor sink by the way. Jealous am I!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-21188916956771398962009-07-08T15:06:22.104+10:002009-07-08T15:06:22.104+10:00Cool, let me know how it goes. :) I always thought it sounded pretty yum too.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-37749399745455882442009-07-08T11:55:53.492+10:002009-07-08T11:55:53.492+10:00Hi Chris,<br />Yum! How good does that tea sound? I&#39;m salivating. It&#39;s cold and wet and that sounds so warming and invigorating - I&#39;m *so* trying that ASAP. Thanks!<br /><br />Hi Joost,<br />Thanks :-)<br /><br />Cheers, JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-59376972446630468962009-07-07T23:08:00.990+10:002009-07-07T23:08:00.990+10:00Hi Julie, great post. It is so nice to grow our own vegetable, isn’t it? http://climatarians.org guesses a lot of people are missing out on this. They wouldn’t know what they’re missing until they try it on their own. Not only that, this also helps the environment in a very positive way. The carbon foot print you leave behind is miniscule. Great way to live.<br /><br />Nice post!<br /><br />Joost HoogstrateJoost Hoogstratehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08663653677065799014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-9152014470592252472009-07-06T21:41:05.191+10:002009-07-06T21:41:05.191+10:00Wow, they really do look great. Well done!<br /><br />I was told by a French neighbour once, they&#39;d make a huge batch of ginger, lemon and garlic tea on the stove every winter.<br /><br />She said to cut up a bag of lemons, in half, roughly squeeze, as well as a few hands of ginger (sliced thin), with a few heads of garlic (cloves peeled but left whole).<br /><br />You put that all in a big pot, fill with water and let it boil slowly for a few hours. Let it cool, strain and then leave liquid in the fridge.<br /><br />Every morning in winter, they&#39;d have a cup (warmed up) with a tablespoon of honey added before drinking. She said they never got colds or flu whenever they did this brew.<br /><br />I&#39;ve always wanted to try it out myself, and with your lovely looking ginger, I&#39;m just going to have to try and grow some of my own this year!<br /><br />PS: wish I had smell&#39;o&#39;vision too. ;)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-3432037761901734972009-07-06T12:33:53.176+10:002009-07-06T12:33:53.176+10:00Hi guys, thanks!<br /><br />@ Cosmic: I planted them out in about September last year I think? We don&#39;t get any frosts here, so as soon as the soil warms up I whack them in.<br /><br />@ Cathode: In spring the rhizomes do then to look like they want to sprout and then I bung them in (I&#39;ve never actually had them shoot as such though, before planting). No tips apart from making sure it is shaded from the worst of the summer sun, which will scorch it; you&#39;d get away with half a day&#39;s sun over in Perth I reckon. Lots of water too, but good drainage so they don&#39;t rot.<br /><br />@ Diane: I used organic ginger from my local organic grocer when I first planted them - this harvest was from rhizomes I saved from last year. It wouldn&#39;t surprise me if conventionally grown ginger was sprayed to stop it sprouting? Love the freezing tip, thanks, I&#39;m going to use that!<br /><br />@ ladyhawthorne: I peel the tubers, slice them thinly and dry in a dehydrator. Then I use an old coffee grinder to powder the dried slices. If I get time I will do a whole post on it this week when I dry my harvest.<br /><br />@ Paola: We have hot summers here and so I have mine planted in part sun and they do well - this year they were shaded more than I was anticipating but they still did well on about 4 hours sun a day.<br /><br />Cheers, JulieJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-27389935814123583062009-07-06T02:59:36.720+10:002009-07-06T02:59:36.720+10:00Julie, that is just beautiful!Throwback at Trapper Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-81043417085081052952009-07-05T21:28:59.951+10:002009-07-05T21:28:59.951+10:00Julie you are an inspiration! I love ginger and your pictures have got me determined to grow my own.Nicolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-48799293160704791352009-07-05T15:54:57.399+10:002009-07-05T15:54:57.399+10:00Beautiful! I love ginger. What a fantastic harvest. :)Veggie Gnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15914328803975022495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-37941207644686923202009-07-05T14:41:05.076+10:002009-07-05T14:41:05.076+10:00Hi, by coincidence we have been given some ginger rhizomes by a friend this weekend, and I am wondering about the best place to plant them - do they need full sun, or can they tolerate part or full shade? Any tips?Paolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472129226320589172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-45590537910477673042009-07-05T11:28:16.995+10:002009-07-05T11:28:16.995+10:00Can you give instructions on how to dry ginger and make powder, please?ladyhawthornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209720538924091082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-55954427820669243032009-07-05T07:13:10.963+10:002009-07-05T07:13:10.963+10:00Did you plant supermarket ginger? I tried it with a promising looking root and had no luck so I wondered if it is sometimes treated to prevent sprouting.<br />I love ginger tea so I sometimes grate a bunch and freeze tablespoon sized blobs on a cookie sheet before storing them in a bag. One blob makes two cups of tea.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-31700957121930367442009-07-05T00:13:27.948+10:002009-07-05T00:13:27.948+10:00Great harvest!<br />Do you have any secrets of the trade for growing ginger?<br />Do you have to wait till it sprouts before you plant it? or just whack it in?Cathodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490206527893940920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-50493108298068166062009-07-04T20:40:43.773+10:002009-07-04T20:40:43.773+10:00You are an inspiration, I&#39;m going to try both ginger and turmeric this year, thanks for the idea.greenfumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157970942128503098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-60821454409590532692009-07-04T20:26:47.597+10:002009-07-04T20:26:47.597+10:00I love fresh soft (almost pinky at places) ginger - I&#39;ll just eat it in slices, raw. Wonderful harvest.livinginalocalzonehttp://livinginalocalzone.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-71942757863037721812009-07-04T19:28:41.695+10:002009-07-04T19:28:41.695+10:00Wow, I had no idea that fresh ginger (from the garden) actually looked like that!Kezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15915193876879614644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-7686046904720518882009-07-04T17:21:08.193+10:002009-07-04T17:21:08.193+10:00How wonderful! I bet you sniffed a lot - I love the smell of ginger. We are about to open the first jar of pickled ginger that I laid down 3 months -ish ago, given to us freshly dug. It is so hard to get it without the hard skin. I&#39;ll be growing some in the hothouse next year because of the cold here. What time of the year did you plant it?Cosmichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987354394330188020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-50442932845104421492009-07-04T15:57:34.892+10:002009-07-04T15:57:34.892+10:00awesome..sometimes Mediterranean climates suck. i love fresh ginger. yours looks brilliant.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004659288503834211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32933752.post-54671382868525200772009-07-04T12:49:43.465+10:002009-07-04T12:49:43.465+10:00Brilliant harvest Julie, wtg!mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461706118780559266noreply@blogger.com